The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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Under the Treaty of Lisbon, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which was proclaimed as a political text at the European Council of Nice in December 2000, is to be given ‘the same legal value as the Treaties’. In other words, though it will not be incorporated into the body of the reformed Treaties, as it would have been into the defunct Constitutional Treaty, the Charter will have the status of primary Union law. The relevant provision is found in Article 6 (1) of …
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